Curso de Ingreso (EstelaChemen - Roxana Lembi)

Bibliography

• GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY for CAE and CPE - fully updated for the revised CPE (Richard Side and Guy Wellman - Longman) ISBN 0-582-51821-0 Compulsory
• ADVANCED LANGUAGE PRACTICE CAE/CPE- English Grammar and vocabulary (Michael vince with Peter Sunderland - Macmillan) ISBN 1-405-00762-1
• SUCCESSFUL WRITING PROFICIENCY (Virginia Evans - Express Publishing) ISBN 1-84216-880-0

Entrance Exam

March 2006

Exercise 5: ESSAY WRITING (about 350 words in all) (Minimum Passing Mark - 28 points)
First summarise the passage that was read o you. Include as much information as possible. Then, draw a line and, using ALL the ideas given, write an opinion essay on the topic below.

USE THE SHEET PROVIDED
DO NOT WRITE ON MARGINS
CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN TO ORDERLY PRESENTATION OF THE PAPER

BIRD FLU: A new world catastrophe?

• Why the world is at risk
• Precautions being taken and still to be taken
• The role of governments
• Specific situation in Argentina
• Economic consequences
  

Guidelines for EXAM correction

• Start by correcting the essay
• If the student does not get a minimum 10 points in exercise 5 do not proceed to correct the rest. If, on the contrary, the last exercise is 10 or over, go on to correct the rest.
• Do not give less than 10 points just to avoid correcting all the exam.
• In the re-correction, if you get an exam which you think deserves 10 or more, then proceed to correct the exercises that have not been corrected at all.
• Before crossing out mistakes check in a dictionary.
• Consider correct alternatives given by students even when they differ from those in the key.
• When correcting the essay, do not fail to complete the grid at the end stating the mistakes (for example: grammar mistakes XXX). That helps defining the final mark.
• Judge language. Don not be biased by the student's point of view.
• Do not just circle or underline mistakes.
• Instead, use margins to specify the type of mistakes made.

Examples of poor command of the language

• People IS, news ARE
• Subject missing
• Mistake in the use of anticipatory it / there
• Spelling mistakes of ordinary words
• Pluralisation of adjectives
• Wrong use of another/ the other
• This / that instead of these / those
• Wrong use of the article
• Wrong use of connectors
• Wrong use of referential / cohesive devices
• Wrong use of conditional tenses
• Wrong use of tenses
• Wrong use of the passive voice constructions
• Lack of overall coherence